Virtualisation 'makes disaster recovery easy'

Virtualisation measures have led to a big improvement in the way firms prepare for disaster recovery, according to one expert.

Speaking to the Enterprise Storage Forum, Chris Steffen, principal technical architect at Kroll Factual Data, said that his firm has benefited massively from adopting virtualisation and has been able to reduce its server population by 40 per cent.

He added that using measures such as virtual servers has reduced "administrative headaches" significantly.

"I can't even begin to explain how much easier, fault-tolerant and just simpler to manage it is compared to the solution we had before virtualisation," he said.

Last week, Alan Berman, executive director for DRI International, spoke to Newsday about the importance of a good disaster recovery plan, saying that measures such as having back-up services stored on dedicated servers or shared hosting has become a fundamental part of business.

He said that business continuity plans are no longer optional for firms.

Written by Chris Ball